La jeune fille et la Mort

[sevenswells]

In France, we call bachelorette parties "enterrement de vie de jeune fille", which literally means, "maiden's life burial".
I was part of the organization for a friend's, and so we spent the afternoon at the Père Lachaise cemetery to bury her symbolically (amongst many other things, boy that day was a very busy day)
In this picture I am Death incarnate, the "maiden" sitting on the bench is (was) the bachelorette in question.

Comments

[mattiezumi.livejournal.com]

Maiden's life burial!?!

AHAHAHAHA!!!!

I love it. Best approach towards marriage EVER. You crazy French people. Keep on keepin' on!

Looks like a lot of fun! :D

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, yeah, although the expression normally has nothing to do with the literal sense, it was us who decided to go for that "radical" interpretation, instead of just doing usual bachelorette party stuff like tying condoms in her hair, make her wear a hen costume and then kiss strangers in the subway for money (I actually witnessed a bachelorette party like that... I always feel a lot of pity for the brides-to-be in those, it's like it was just the occasion their friends have been waiting for to ridicule them to death. If I ever get a bachelorette party, which I won't because I don't ever want to get married, but let's pretend I will, I'll invite my friends for a giant paint ball war where I would wear my wedding dress on top of my gear -- it would have to be the most meringe-like and campest wedding dress ever, of course -- and since I'll be the future bride I'll play in God-mode: I'll have unlimited bullets and lives. So that they'll fight against each other and I'll fight everyone until my dress is properly painted...
and then I'll get married in the paint-balled dress! I think this is one of the best ideas I've ever got, honestly, I almost want to get married just to carry that plan through.)

Anyway, yes, we really had fun that day ;)

[falling-voices.livejournal.com]

You know, I doubt this is actually what the phrase is used to mean when they — oh fuck it, this is awesome. You're crazy, but this is awesome. (Also: you rock that wig, jsyk.)

Besides, the Père Lachaise is a beautiful place, and any reason to go there is a good reason, IMO.

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA thanks, I LOVE wearing wigs (no idea why, though)!

And yeah, Père Lachaise is a really fantastic place, although some of the Weeping Angels there scared the fuck out of us, if you see what I mean...

[na-shao.livejournal.com]

Oh, comment ça envoie du pâté cette histoire ! Belle organisation ! c___c <33

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

Hihihi merci, on s'est trop marrées ce jour-là; le matin on a visité le musée des Arts Forains où on a fait un tour sur un manège datant du 19ème siècle, puis du vélocipède (super fun), après pique-nique, après photos où on a fait les connes au Père Lachaise, et le soir spectacle de strip-tease burlesque... et j'étais déguisée en la Mort tout le long, c'était rock'n'roll XD
L'idée c'était d'emmener la jeune fille à travers tous les âges de la vie, ou un truc du genre, Eros et Thanatos, tout ça, mais bon, en vrai la symbolique de la chose on s'est pas trop-trop cassé la tête dessus non plus; l'idée c'était surtout de faire un truc original et pas juste de l'humilier en la déguisant en truc ridicule et en lui demandant de faire des défis à la con. Pari gagné -- en fait le cimetière pour les enterrements de vie de jeune fille, je trouve qu'on devrait carrément en faire une vraie tradition! XD